ABOUT THE FOUNDER

Alexandra Roosenburg (Alex) is an experienced educator with over a decade of hands-on knowledge gained from working in schools. Alex worked as a classroom teacher, technology coordinator and administrator in schools in Switzerland, Tanzania and Washington, DC. She has her Masters in Teaching from the University of Virginia and a second Masters certificate through the Association for the Advancement of International Education, in International School Leadership. She has served on the Auxiliary Board of the DC Education Fund for five years, and is the Schools co-Chair for the UVA Club of DC, Alumni Board. This is not Alex’s first experience with starting a school, as she was hired as part of a team of four teachers to help start the Elementary day school of The American School in Switzerland (TASIS), in 2005. The idea of a school that provides an education unlike any we have seen before or currently offer our children came to Alex while she was working in Tanzania. She wanted to provide an option that made school choice exciting for families; one that would create a unique learning opportunity unlike anything in the world. There should be no settling when it comes to school choice. After moving to Washington, DC, it became apparent that settling and school choice were a phenomenon all over, not just in overseas schools, and Alex decided that it was necessary to try and fix things ‘at home’ before looking to go back overseas.